os2hardwarel{at}ftn.wpusa.dynip.com wrote:
> * Forwarded (from: o2hardl) by mark lewis using timEd 1.10.y2k+.
> * Originally from Alan Hess to to-os2hardwarel.
> * Original dated: Fri Feb 10, 13:56
> 
> Is anyone using a Motorola SB5100 cable modem successfuly with
eCS-OS/2 and Comcast?   I tried one last summer, after my old 3Com Sharkfin
modem died, but it downloaded like a slug when used with eCS 1.1 or Warp 4
(1.5 meg DL speed, should have been 6 meg.  I had no problem the one day a
week I booted to Win98SE to keep my spyware and antivirus software updated,
and browse sites with video OS/2-eCS didn't have a plugin for - 6 meg
downloads.)  I never got to try it with eCS 1.2.
> 
> I replaced it with a D-Link DCM-202 modem.  It downloads 6 meg with
eCS (1.1 and 1.2), Warp 4, and Win98SE.  The only problem with it is that
some sites (cnn.com, maps.google.com among them) will only load after a
reboot of eCS - try them later in the day, or the next day, and they don't
load in any broswer (not Firefox, Mozilla, Seamonkey, Netscape, or Opera.) 
Having to reboot daily defeats the advantage of the stability of eCS. 
*adh*
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I have just upgraded to a Motorola SB5101 from a Nortel CM115 as my 
cable network here in Australia is switching to pure DOCSIS 2.x which 
the Nortel wont run. This was a free upgrade - install yourself from the 
national PTT "Telstra" (they run one of the only two cable networks here).

No problems here, getting downloads in excess of 8 Mb/s and there are 
tests to up the capability to 20 Mb/s.

Amother OS/2er here runs the previous model the SB 5100i which I suspect 
is close to what you have - it had the ability to switch cable data 
"channels", which this later model no longer has.

It should be noted however that my OS/2 box is not talking directly to 
the modem, I have a Linksys WRT54G WiFi router in between, so in fact 
it's Linux not OS/2 that's talking to the modem.

Cheers/2

Ed.


 
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